Topic: Uranus (Planet)
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Uranus
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Europa or bust? Maybe not. Top 9 priorities for planetary research missions
The National Research Council has just unveiled planetary scientists' space-mission wish-list for the next 10 years. Tight federal budgets will provide the reality check. Here's a sampler of missions the panel recommends NASA undertake this decade.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Atmospheric edition
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Gas giants
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Voyager
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Obama's NASA budget: Mars takes a hit, but space science isn't dead
Two major Mars missions lost out to the James Web Space Telescope in Obama's proposed NASA budget, but there's still money for other ambitious space-science missions.
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Is NASA giving up on Mars? (+video)
NASA's 2013 budget includes deep cuts to its planetary science mission, particularly its efforts to send spacecraft to Mars. Instead, the space agency will focus on human spaceflight and infrared astronomy. Is NASA now heading down the wrong path?
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Newfound alien planet 'best candidate to support liquid water'
A planet recently discovered orbiting a nearby star is located in the star's 'habitable zone,' meaning that it could support life as we know it.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Uranus
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Europa or bust? Maybe not. Top 9 priorities for planetary research missions
The National Research Council has just unveiled planetary scientists' space-mission wish-list for the next 10 years. Tight federal budgets will provide the reality check. Here's a sampler of missions the panel recommends NASA undertake this decade.
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Cool Astronomy
Scientists plan Uranus probe
Proposed by British scientists as a joint effort of NASA and the European Space Agency, the mission would offer the first close-up view of Uranus in 25 years.
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Voyager 1 nearing edge of solar system: NASA
Voyager 1: Since 2004, the Voyager 1 probe has been exploring a region of space where solar wind slows abruptly and crashes into the thin gas between stars.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Atmospheric edition
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Should Pluto be restored as a planet? Experts weigh in.
New calculations indicate that Pluto might be the largest object in the outer solar system. Does it now deserve to be called a planet again?
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Alien planet travels to Milky Way, offers glimpse of Earth's demise
The alien world has already gone through the red giant phase of stellar evolution, a milestone our sun should reach in 5 billion years or so. The fact that the newly discovered exoplanet survived this dramatic event suggests some planets in our solar system might, too.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Gas giants
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Voyager
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Heavenly Rings
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/03
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/30
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Cool Astronomy
Newfound star system could have seven planets
At least five and possibly seven planets are circling the star HD 10180, some 127 light-years away.
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Neptune nears completing its first orbit since its 1846 discovery
Neptune has come almost full circle since it was first discovered in 1846, and on Aug. 20, it will be in a straight line with the sun and the Earth.
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Rare failed star found circling sun-like star
The newfound failed star, known as a brown dwarf, has been dubbed PZ Tel B. It is separated from its sun-like companion star, PZ Tel A, by a distance similar to that between Uranus and the sun in our solar system.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/01
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 06/28
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Need help finding Uranus? For the next few months, it'll be next to Jupiter.
With a clear sky and a good pair of binoculars, you should have no trouble getting a glimpse of Uranus.
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Cosmic rendezvous: Mars and Regulus to form striking pair in June
For the first few weeks of June, Mars and the star Regulus will appear to move closer together, offering a rare sky show.
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Cool Astronomy
Did aliens hijack the Voyager 2 space probe?
No, they didn't.
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Pallas: Huge asteroid visible from Earth
This week, the huge asteroid Pallas reaches opposition, being opposite to the sun in Earth's sky, making it a prime target for avid skywatchers with telescopes.
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Horizons
Meteor shower tonight! Orionid meteor shower begins at 1 am
Meteor shower tonight? Yep, peak viewing times for the Orionid meteor shower begins tonight (er... tomorrow) at 1 am.
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